The Sun. — London, England, 1818-09-25 00:00:00

COURT OF CONIMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, for the pnrpose of electing a Common Pleader (Counsel) for the City, vacant by the death of the late William Watson, Esti and for the discussion of other miscellaneous bu- SITU SS. The Loan MAYOR declared a vacancy in the office of Sword-bearer, by the decease of the late William Cottrell, Elq ; awl after some discus sion, an especial Committee %vas appointed to inquire into the nature and duties of that office, aml to report the same to the Court. LORD MAYOR'S DAY. Mr. J. DAvitts moved the discussion on a Re port Of a: Committer, recommending th it when the day for Swearing in the Sheriffs or Lord N yor shoold happen to be Sunday, it should be altered 'o the day before or the day after. Mr. DIXON said, be might be deemed irreligious, but there was more danger perhaps in those alio Were righteous overmuch ; zeal blinded the under- Standing. For his own part, he saw nothing improper in administering the solemn and reli gions obligation of an oath to a Magistrate fin a Sunday. ,Notliing'could be a more inipressive le . sson to the young and rising generation than to behold such a solemnity, and at the same time it would stimulate theist to correctness of con duct and attention to their moral and religious dtaies, through which alone they could hope to attain similar honours at the hands of their fellow citizens. DAviEs thought it bad been well known that•he was not to be ridiculed out of tii, opinions, 01' out 01 any'tl►ing which he had to prup.,se to that Court - . Gentlemen, he hoped, had lived long enough to . knOw that much good had been clog► by pet sons or religious sentiments. lie maintain ed that the 'Sabbath-day ought to he kept holy, and he would ask it a religious observance of it was'con'sistent with the great and tumultuous pro cession usual on the swearing in of every Lord 111.ayor The appointment of the Sabbatl►•day for that purpose would have bee►i • purely acciden tal, and not at all in the contemplation of those who trat»ed the Act that it should be so en►ploy ed. T o ! b e s imply swearing in of the Lord Mayor he Tro.ild not object ; but who recollected its ever taking place w ithout the procession being attend en by disorderly persons % lie hoped that the - Court would take care that the Lord Mayor bhould he sworn in on some other day that► Sun day, and that they would not suffer religion to be scoffed at . Mr. DIXON said, the Judges thought no harm in diwng together on the first Sunday of Trinity Tetin. For his part, he ‘,00141 rather have the dining p,or'ion of the civic ceremonies put p ff front Sunday, anti he hoped that future Lord :\layors and Sheriffs wold take care to postpone their en tertainments from Sunday till some other day in the week. Mr. Alderman COoDBEIIERII said, that. the Ma gistrates alluded to ►sere obliged to s e rve one year, according to law ; and if they were sworn in oft a Saturday or Monday, they would sere either a day more or a day less than the complete year.— Besides, before they could make any alteration in tl►ese matters, they must have an act of the Legis lature. He had attended butt► the ceremony and the entertainment given afterwards on many oc casions, and never witnessed any disorder, but much of good fellowship, peace, and harmony. Aldetmat► IVAITIIMAN said, that in delivering an . opinion respecting a question on eating and, drinking, no man could be more at a loss than be was, inasmuch as he had been but a short time in a situation from which he could derive much intormation on those topics which furnished standine jests upon the Corporation. He cared as little about those meetings as any man, but he could not agree with the recoinn►endati'on of the ComotiNee, which assumed that the Lord Mayor. Judges, and other grave personages ; could not meet to swear in Sheriffs without committing -some excess. .This practice was instituted in times quite as religious as the present, and had never been complained of till now. The Court. ougl►t not to pass a vote of censure on itself, by showing to the Corporation that it could not meet without launching into excesses. Mr. DIXON tl►en said, that, in order that this question might die a natural death, he should move that the report should lie on the table, which was carried in the affirmative. COMMON PLEADER, Mr. DIXON said, that before they proceeded to the election of a Common Pleader, he wished to point out to the Court a difficul►y into which they might get if a sufficient number of can:lidarcs were not found qualified, so as to give the Court an Qpportunity of selection in its choice of a person to fill this - important ;Ace. Mr. BROWN said, be had a petition to present from a Barrister who was not a freeman ; he therefore moved, that be should be admitted a candidate on an understanding that, if chosen, he should take out his freedom within one mouth front the date of the election. Alderman WArrnmAN thought the Court right not to be swayed or biassed by attending to the consideration of one. particular case. Mr. Dixow said, that if the Candidates had been aware that it was absolutely necessary that Ciey should be freemen before proceeding to the Election, they would have rendered themselves Mr. HARVEY was of opinion, that the motion could not be sustained, inasmuch as the Candi ciates cook! not have been ignorant that they (Right to be freemen before proceeding to elec tion. The Court ought therefore to mioke its choice instantly, as otherwise it would be casting ti deep injury upon the professional character of Cle Candidates who were eligible, if they sent OCill back in order to get fitter persons. The Court was then proceeding to the election, t , licti it appearing that only two out of the five Candidates were eligible, Mr. JACKSON moved an adjournment, which, after some time, was carried' on a division of 77 to G I.—ild4oorneti. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (Front The 'Plymouth Telegraph and Chronicle) CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. _ We know tiOtivitiisvitatfeelingsour Readers in general contemplate the enormous frequency of our capital punishments, and how little they ope ra,e in repressing the commission of ciimes amongst our lower classes, but to its they appear equally savage as those immolatiorts of human victims of which we read in ancient story, and equally inutile. Our altar of justice reeks with the gore of execution atter execution, awl yet crime is arrested not. A flood Of guilt is deluging the land, notwithstanding the multiplied anti daily multiplying number of these oblations, which, though obviously vain, are still repeated, as if there were an emulative contest betwixt instiee and et ime, to wear out cacti other, or ultimately obtain an odious mastery. Surely, under such circumstances, it behoves ion - legislature to step into the breach and y what may be effected by proportioning punishments to crimes, and render tug the former more certain titan severe. Nay, it should aspire to an lii‘dier 'object—the work of reformation. To reboil' while it chastens, is as congenial to justice as it is accordant with truth and humanity. Beccat is, a writer well acquaint ed with the principles of human action, observes that " the degree of a punishineut and the con sequences of a crime ought to he so contrived as to have the greatest possible . effect on others, with the least possible pain to the delitut.ent." In what way ran this purpose be more nobly effected than hy•striving to rend,r hint, whin unfortunately infringes the law, a better memb-r of society than he was helot c. Severity hardens where mercy cures ; and if there be in Heaven " Fnore joy over one sinner that repenteth, than user ilinetv and nine just persons which need no repentance," the en>ution is doubly required on earth, in which here is no one who offendeth not, and for that reason' alone all ought to be tender-hearted and compassionate one towards the other. 3udge BlAckstone, in the four.h volume of his inestimable CotOtentaries, expresSes himself with force andelegance on the measure and 'effect of British inflictions fur offence, which rte have not -leisure - to quote at present, but to which 'we refer our Headers, as embracing sentime-ts that can no! - he too deeply imprinted on the mind of the legislator, of the philanthropist, and of the am of - the vv-orld. With such authorities in favour of our humble opinions as lieeraria and Blackstone,. we might hope that in , hese three populous towns the sub ject will not be much longer , viewed widi indif ference, When it is considered that o! about 80001. per animal paid by the county of Devon, for tees and expellees connected wiik offenders of various descriptions, one-half at least is ap propriated to the parish of Stoke-Datuerel independent of the two other'onus, the Clergy and Magistrates of the port mug necessarily reel sonic anxiety in favour of an amendment of our criniinal. jurisprudence, and cannot suffer the next Session of Parliament to elapse without a representation of their sentimen's. A public ex4mple of this nature is wanting to arouse the kitigdotn, and whence can it einawlte with more propriety than from the port of Plymouth, deeply and vitally interested as it is in the question TilE INDIAN CHIEF. Extract of a Letter fro►-n a Gentleman at Ports mouth to his friend in London " Having seen by the Newspapp , 7s ghat the In dian Chief, George Perryman; t,e sun of llopnv Mico, whoa) 1 knew in the Fioridas, was on board the Semiramis, in this harbour, I was induced to go to see him yesterday, and, as you may suppose, he was happy to meet an acquaintance ; one to whom he conceived he might speak in confidence, as it appears to him that those who prevent him from coining ashore ate in the interest nt his ene mies. Perryman informs me, that he is ordered to return without delay to his .own conivry, and is not allowed to land in this : he asked me some questions, ‘ellieb I really felt at a loss how to evade, namely, ' What shall I the Indians on my re turn, when they ask .rue, why . would not your great father and king allow you to land on his ground ? And did you not say, when you askvd us to go to war, that you would always assist us if the Americans shoeld attempt to take our lands ?, They have now made that attempt, they made it soon after you left us, without any provocation on our part, and 1 ant sent to England to remind you of your promise.' I his is the substance, and nearly the words of his complaint, to which, of course, I could give no answer. lie then went on to state,' that the Americans are not disposed to come to any terms with them, until they are driven to:the other side •ot the Mississippi. The Chiefs, Francis and John, he says, were both de coyed to a vessel under English colours, and im mediately hanged. Ambrister he states to have had but little to do with the Indians ; and Arbuth not was put to death for having given the Indians information that their enemies were coming upon them, and thereby preventing a surprise. " 1 was sorry to find this man so much neglect ed : he. appears even to be in want of warm clothes, having nothing but his native dress ; be told me, however, that he was in expectation of some on the day I saw him : it would surely be adviseable at least to pay him some personal at tention—one who was so intelligent and useful to our troops, and who has succeeded (though not to the dignity of Mico) to all the authority of his father, and, no doubt, from his abilities, to much more. Hii father died soon after 1 lett the Flo. ridas, and his elder brother, who succeeded him, was lately killed in battle. Hambley shamefully betrayed them, and Innerarity and Doyle are still their most determined enemies. Mappichimico . Kenadgee is General in Chief. The attack on the Bluff continued , nine days, when the maga zine blew up, The Blacks behaved nobly. Ge neral Gaines has establisketl himself at the Forks of the river."—( Times.) LARGE CHEESE.—Mr. Bolin, of Burton-HA, Cheshire, has a Cheese in his possessiOn, made upon his own form, that weighs upwards of 200 weight, and fur which he has refuspd the sum of 141. OLD BAILEY, SEPT. 24. • ROBBERY EXTRAORDINARY. John Bishop, a respectably dressed man, aged 31, of very genteel appearance, and whose de portment was that of a Gentleman, was indicted for an assault upon the person of Elizabeth, the %%lie of Joseph Rose, and with taking "from her person, on the night Of the Bth of August, in the parish of St.. Mary-le-bone, a pocket-hots, containing tour IL notes, 16s. in silver, and a brooch, the orOperty of her husband. Elizabeth Rose said, she was the wife of Joseph Rose, and up to the Bth of August (the day in question) had lived servant with Mrs Daniels, of No. 25, Devonshire-place. On that morning she quitted her service, and on the nigh of that day, at nine o'clock, she was going through Mary le-bone-street, having a bundle of clothes, and some potatoes which she had purchased it; her way, in her hands. In Upper Wimpole-street, the prisoner came. up to her and said, " It is a pity so slender a figure should be so heavily loaded." She had never seen him before, and made no an swer. He then said, " Madam, allow me to treat you to a coach." Upon Which she said, " I don't want you or your coach either." He replied, " Don't be frightened, I am a Gentle man of unlimited property, and you need not be afraid a - o go in a coach with me ; 1 will not hurt you." She said, " 1 will take care you shall not." She had in her pocket a pocket-book, containing four 11. notes, a brooch, and 16s. in silver. On getting to the edge of Portland-pkce she thought she would not go across so wide a street.with a person like the prisoner, and she turned- to go through ‘Veymonth-street, when the. prisoner took hold of her hand, and forced her dot% it Weymouth Mews. The prisoner forced something into het hand, and said, " There is a nurse with a .201. note and a sovereign in it ; take it, and stop wah me but two minutes." She in stantly refused to take it, and he took hold of her in a very indecent manner, and pulled up her clot hes. He then forced his hand into her right. hand pocket, but seeing some person coming he ran away. She instantly felt her pocket, and mi s sed her pocket-hook, . and site cried " Stop !" and the prisoner was put sued and taken to the watch-hoo.e, where he wanted to make it op. At Marlhoronv,h-str:!et site saw her prorrty. Her hoshaud was servant to Mr. Cooper, of the House Of Lords. Stelibett Liddcott, a stable-keeper, was coming by the Weymouth Mews, and beard the cry of •I Stop thief !" and, on looking round towards llnvonsi , ire-place, he saw the prisoner running as fast as he could towards witness. He stopped and tie put his hands behind him, and said, What do you stop me for ;" in a minute or two the prclecutor came un, and said, " You have robbed me of my pocket-book." Wifiresa gave him in charge of watchmen, to take him to i l le watch-house. lVitness 'hen rang the bell of 57, in W e ymouth-street (the house against the ails of which the prisoner stood and put his hands [rebind him), and in the area found a pulse, in which were three or tour soft p tees of paper re sembling hank notes, and a counturfeit coin, re sembling a sovereign. At the watch-house the prisoner wanted to make it up, by saying he woulA pay the prosecutrix whatever she demanded. Sithitel . Britton, a, watchman, saw a man and woman standing together, about a minute, in Weymouth-street and he saw the man part irons the woman, and she called " Stop thief 1" and he ran away as fast as he - could ; but he was stopped by Mr. Liddcott. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLRY.—They appear ed ro part front each other quietly, and the prose cutrix said, - " Give me my pocket-book again, that is all I want of you." Sellers was constable of the night when the prisoner was brought into the watch-house; he produced the pocket-book and the purse con taining the soft paper and the false sovereign. Charles Wild, sergeant of the night, found the pocket-hook produced by Sellers, iu the area of No. 48, Weymouth-street; at four o'clock on the morning of ,he 9th—it contained four II notes, a brooch, and some silver. The prisoner must have run by that dour. Mrs. Rose, being again called, said she knew the poek, t-book produced to be her property ; the brooch and memorandums were her's also; but she could not swear to the notes. Mrs. Mounter proved that she paid the notes produced to the prosecutrix. The prisoner, in his defence, called God Al mighty,o witness his innocence (putting his hand to his heart). Mr. livcottnert.—C.illing on God Almighty will do nothing for you—if you have any thing to say for yourself, say it now. Prisoner —I am really innocent, my Lord. Mr. ALLEY now proceeded to call witnesses to speak to his character. Jet emiali Moore, a publican, residing in New man-street, Edpware-road, was called to give the prisoner a good character ; but in his cross-exa. minatioo he said, that all he knew of the prisoner was, that he had served him with beer for four moo - tits, hot he beleved him to be ti Gentleman living on his tortune. Wm. Fletcher, a hatter, of sing -street, West minster, said the prisoner lodged with him about a year and a half since, and he believed hint to be a Gentleman of good character. Mr. 11 tiCORDER.—What part of your house did he occupy / Witness.—An upper attic.—(A laugh.) Mr.RECORDER—So he is a Gentleman, and_be lodged in an upper attic! did he ? ' Mr. ALLEY.—Yes, a Gentleman who did not like to run into unnecessary expences. Thomas Vincent, a retired piano-forte-manu facturer, of Hill's-gardeos, Lisson-green, knew him two years ago; he rented a small house next to - him, for which be paid him 131. per annum. He believed him to be an honest man. The RECORDER summed up the evidence, and the Jury instantly pronounced the prisoner Guilty The prisoner quitted the dock apparently much disappointed at the verdict. The house of Mr. J. 'lgo_ silversmith in Taber nacle•st reet , St. Luke's, was broken into on Wed nesday morning, and robbed' at a quantity of sil ver cuttings auti °tiler property. LINLITHGOW PALACE. o le' LINLITHGOW, SEPT. 19.—We are happy- t I., - P t - bi, serve, that, in consequence of an order Irani --elf Barons of Exchequer, a number of Wo" .1 0 01 have of late been employed to Make - repa irs 0 , the most decayed parts of the Royal Palace Aec'oi by which means this noble structure will in f"i'Cl:i;; be kept in a better state of repair, for the insP' o ,l tion of strangers, of whom a great.manY Co swiftly resort here, to see the curiositie“Ori place. The town of Linlithgow is rendir id . b mt morable for its having been the plac e we o il Regent Murray met his death from the bands p t Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, and still liloo from the circumstance of the Solemn LeaVeN Covenant having been burnt at the market Wort during the Reformation. In this palace did indi unfortunate Mary of Scotland first see light; Pp, the room where she was born is still shorn. the church adjoining, the apparition !Wide its II ; pearance to James the Fourth previans o . g battle of Flodden, and . predicted to him vgl'ile,: prayers the fatal consequences of that caMPtogl: Mr. Scott, in his Marmion, takes notice of St circumstance wi:h much accuracy of d e scripal, While the workmen were removing some,raL!bl6: out of one of the rooms in the palace, they disco' o , vered a lion rampant, made of wood, about 04; feet in length. L has been of exquisite wonkluest,l ship, and still retains much of its pristine ain' t le , lance, and is in a high state of preservation, °lt siderit g the very great number of years it must k bli e l lain buried. Its mane, which is profuse in st i e s, dance of curls, has been richly gilt, arid its !no parts are painted of a bright vermilion. 11 . 1 ,, dexter fore paw it holds the edge of a ct - o ra (said to be an exact representation of the ""i t o crown), as it were in the act of placing it ' e o head. The hiuder legs have unfortunately.'" it broken off, and a long iron spike is fixed. 19 t o. right side, by which it has most probablY b i 0 fastened to the wall. The workmen eot i e i i - el' great hopes of finding other curiosities, an d 0 . 0 certainly have great right to be sanguine in , t g of expectations, as this palace was most gantly furnished when it was burnt by theio74: troops during the rebellion in 1745, on the °jilt, pretext Orat it had afforded a night's abel ter ief the Pretender. Perhaps the Antiquarian Soc ;b4 will be able to elucidate for what purpose golden lion has been used. d 13' , a ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— Between 1 1 - 11 , e c'' o'clock on Tuesday night, the family of a r e Ti a b• table Gentleman, in Margaret-street, Ca ve ;ov, square, were thrown in a state of extreme a "60' from the attempt of one of its members 4 0 bf young lady, to destroy herself. She was lot, attf her brother hanging in her bedroom by a 5 ,f I V, he cut her down, and immediately alarme"satC family, who caused a surgeon to be sent for' o k . by the application of those remedies re conn ° 0 0 ed by the Humane Society the spark of W o e %vial difficulty restored. She has been fo r s • ~: time subject to fits of insanity. ~, Ok a ° SUDDEN DEATH,—An Inquisition w as . 1 mi : before THOMAS STIRLING, &q. Coroner, 'HP Queen's Head, Lower Islington, on the "err a female, who was unknown. On Mondat i e ing last the deceased, apparently well in gbh .. was seen walking across the Shepherd atniotta: • berdess fields, Islington, and was observed 'ten denly fall ; she was raised up by the persona P a de ad at the time, and appeared dying; she O at 5 0 ' before she could be conveyed to a botoe' 0 b 4 died, in the opinion of a medical gent le pfd the rupture of a blood-vessel in her bead. —" Died by the Visitation of God." ti l ai e MELANCHoLY ACCIDENT.-- CoßONg io - r e l' s QURST.—An Inquisition was taken be o e cer SHELTON, Esq Coroner, at the Crown , noa l street, Barbican, upon the body of MarY .0 A aged six years, the daughter of Mr • ftc' t ss ' ll" • N0..5; Whiterose-alley, ‘Vbitecross -s t ree s ier, was killed by the root of the house whe' e ie s fel l , , sided. being driven in by a stack of ehirn, ° , 6 ing opon it during time' storm on Tneen °7 04 4 0 ' 000 n last. The Jury by their verdict eir vi r io g 4 1 m an opinion, that the accident had been d o or de r the dilapidated state of the premises , a n t. 4 : them to be presented to tie Grand Inqmmea.of,..'Po maarleonria:lo iht::4'' SHoCKING ACCIDENT. —AiI lagill' il l i 0 0 1 ,0 taken yesterday, at the London- HosPit al " n pea r , body of William Fox, aged 24, who it . ° , r9fel . was a cartel - in the employ o f a farmer if pad: On the 12th inst. he came to town with 9 0 44# hay, and was going through Threadni.ee:ll‘l,l'e'e9o,ll)°;, when, by some accident, he got L , e - - o bto , s was cr . 0 ,0 1 . J, waggon-wheel and a post, anti dreadfully, that he fell senseless up the g i l iage r / e He was carried to mite hospital, where b Te dict , until Saturday last, when he expired- ' d iA Accidental death. l J e re.. 0 .. RoBBERY IN A Patsow.--A Al' Carthy was, a few d,mys ago, conin l v i a lt g e r i a j ni c o o P is.; county gaol, at Newington, as I , altb 00P, having been found begging in the stree,: ro bleA . ..o , ., he at the same time posssessed of money, The latter eircurustaneeauo:loearie) kifown to his fellow-prisouers, and ° ~,,iai)i ` fast, a fellow named Carpenter , vi li° „ ao tted, iej r fined in the same ward, violeotlY aa' nte r d ° 1 1 *,, and robbed him of his motley., Ca r P e r, ‘0 1 , 41/ ,01 1 "' the charge in time most positive ma' be iag O i of was taxed with it ; hist the propertY,, 9 de ll ok cell, . 0 in a place of concealment near ha s Govern .'...- • was lodged against him, in the -for the robbery. Pa . if -- ..: . BIRTHS. , 4 , t f o tal i d o' At Paris, on the 17th inst. 'the Rip , ' --"° • ii° 7 l' James Hay, ot a daughe " 13 aini a rrs. , On Wednesday last, at his Lord hip 's sco , r;:iii r • . near Caxton, Cambridgeshire, the Countess 'l a daughter.' Ct' . M id f '. lo w, tO of _ e i On Tuesday last, at A l‘ y i st A o rt n ß , I th E e D E . ar ) 1311 L1. 1 w 1 :1 ‘ P ril ; line, second daughter of George FludY er ' s— t . o t uw • f ; . .. ton, in the County of Rutland, and niae Westmorland. 1 r 1 . .f ri ~ ' WiOthn,wForidralyielaisattaTt tCml:nelatse li: iiihba.inn D 4, . ,te,ad.6,ll,lls:ifjerct'::::::ll::::Pelitil O .Majesty's Customs. . 1 ' • On the sth ult. aged 53,• Frederick Gri ll / litn ei lO rt • theY Yesterday, e i: l i c t lit'i!tlroUhs'e tifruefdeLraicwkr'es-Peleacl'et""V. l''. 6to t Esq. . 49fil rj ' - of rjo. by rof , LOND:)N: rrnitca hyJ. B. CAttSr Allo,tobeillgoirl Ortumul-street, Queen-square; awl 14 et, a t w SCRIPPS; of No. 7, South Molton-str! _AO/ A ,rttst w " (Mee, No. 112, .Stranyl ; w here AO' c d, N---1/a4 Letters, &e. ust ; •• ) mas t 44 addr Sou ikr u i "7, .4, 41 ( It, t ree atid 01 4 • I „r ider tk "Cil